...has possibly ended. And ended in the most unlikely pairing of amp and cab blocks: the band commander (a Fender Bandmaster model) paired with a custom Marshall 4x12 TV Mix from @Gamedojo! Who would have thought?!?!
The Marshall removes a touch of the scooped-ness from the sound that ice picks things a bit too much for my tastes and just...mellows it all out in a really perfect way.
The mix uses 2 IRs from @ML SOUND LAB's Cab Pack 8 - CK's Brit TV 4x12 pack. This pack has some really stellar captures of my favorite Marshall 4x12 cabinet. And Tyler's mix is just...mmm...spot on. We'll have to ask him really nicely to share the mix formula. I'm not going to give away any secret sauce without permission here.
You can get a similar sound by using the factory 4x12 TV Mix C1 (ML) that comes with your Axe-Fx II's firmware.
This clip runs through positions 1, 2, 4 and 5 on my Strat and then I proceed to slaughter some beautiful Frank Zappa in 9/8 time. Everything you're hearing is Axe-Fx II -- no post processing. Guitar is a Schecter custom Stratocaster with MonsterTone pickups. It's a touch dark for a Strat so if you're using a Fender-brand Strat with this patch beware the extra high end!
You can download the patch here: http://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=3760 -- sorry, XL/XL+ users only.
The Marshall removes a touch of the scooped-ness from the sound that ice picks things a bit too much for my tastes and just...mellows it all out in a really perfect way.
The mix uses 2 IRs from @ML SOUND LAB's Cab Pack 8 - CK's Brit TV 4x12 pack. This pack has some really stellar captures of my favorite Marshall 4x12 cabinet. And Tyler's mix is just...mmm...spot on. We'll have to ask him really nicely to share the mix formula. I'm not going to give away any secret sauce without permission here.
You can get a similar sound by using the factory 4x12 TV Mix C1 (ML) that comes with your Axe-Fx II's firmware.
This clip runs through positions 1, 2, 4 and 5 on my Strat and then I proceed to slaughter some beautiful Frank Zappa in 9/8 time. Everything you're hearing is Axe-Fx II -- no post processing. Guitar is a Schecter custom Stratocaster with MonsterTone pickups. It's a touch dark for a Strat so if you're using a Fender-brand Strat with this patch beware the extra high end!
You can download the patch here: http://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=3760 -- sorry, XL/XL+ users only.